(Nicaraguan) Gay Toronto artist spared deportation (from Canada)

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Source: CBC News

A young gay artist has avoided deportation to his native Nicaragua, almost four years after a federal tribunal denied his asylum application on the grounds there wasn't enough evidence to prove he was homosexual.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada on Wednesday granted Alvaro Orozco, 25, permanent resident status after reviewing an application requesting he be allowed to stay in the country on humanitarian grounds.

He was due to be deported Thursday to Nicaragua, where homosexuality was illegal until 2008.

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He hitchhiked across Central America, lived in Mexico, and then illegally entered the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/06/02/toronto-artist-deportation578.html